More than 1,000 hectares burning in forestry Zhigalovskii

On the territory of Zhigalovskii forestry operates a large fire area of more than one thousand hectares. There are pockets of fire in Chunsky and Irkutsk regions. To fighting forest fires in 1116 Angara working people, involved 186 pieces of equipment, 14 aircraft. Total area is localized in the 25 forest fire area 477 ha. During the day, eliminated 41 fire in the area of 497 hectares. Threats to move the fire on the civilian population there. According to Thursday morning in the Siberian taiga operates 128 forest fires. For the past day 95 foci extinguished wildfires on the total area of 5.8 thousand hectares, according to Interfax. On Thursday, the fire covered by 5865.7 hectares of forest. 47 centers in the area of 2.4 hectares located. The main cause of the fires – careless handling of fire, the local population and dry thunderstorms. All Regional News